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Hugh McClure - 10 Jun 2020
COVID-19 | The Pacific response: 10 June
The Northern Mariana Islands and Indonesia have been the centres of COVID-19 growth in the region, whilst Papua New Guinea has voted to extend lockdown measures despite domestic pressure. Meanwhile, New Zealand has faced calls to open up to Pacific tourism, Hugh McClure writes
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Hugh McClure - 3 Jun 2020
COVID-19 | The Pacific response: 3 June
New Caledonia has recorded its first new cases in two months amid rising tensions with France, whilst Papua New Guinea has faced internal pressure to ease COVID-19 restrictions even as cases in neighbouring Indonesia continue to rise, Hugh McClure writes.
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Hugh McClure - 27 May 2020
COVID-19 | The Pacific response: 27 May
Rising case numbers in Indonesia’s Papua and West Papua provinces are causing concern, and the international response in the Pacific region has ramped up, Hugh McClure writes.
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Hugh McClure - 20 May 2020
COVID-19 | The Pacific response: 20 May
The Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua continue to be the Pacific region’s COVID-19 hotspots this week, Hugh McClure writes.
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Hugh McClure - 13 May 2020
COVID-19 | The Pacific response: 13 May
In-country testing is ramping up across the region this week, with testing capacity now restored in Papua New Guinea, Hugh McClure writes.
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Hugh McClure - 6 May 2020
COVID-19 | The Pacific response: 6 May
New, positive cases of COVID-19 continue to reduce dramatically in the Pacific Islands region, Hugh McClure writes.
